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I bought a few bulbs two weeks ago and planted most of them into LECA (indoors) or soil (on my balcony), but also one into a Kratky pot.
I don't think I can harvest this year yet, but we'll see.
In this one also grows garlic and strawberries. It's meant to hibernate this winter, and then in the early spring, I'll place it outside.
Ah, so this time of the year is good to plant them?
I was kinda wondering about how difficult it would be to grow saffron yourself.
Yeah, actually I should have done that a month earlier.
In my web research I found out, that they are anti-cyclic, so they bloom in late fall/ early winter, and hibernate in spring and summer. During the "hibernation", they grow like grass and store the power in their bulbs/ rhizome.
And exactly those bulbs I bought. 30 pcs for 10€ in my local garden center.
With a bit of luck, a few of them might bloom in a few days or weeks, but I think they will just look boring the next 10 months...
But I think that especially the fact that they are passive makes them cool. That way they could make it great in my indoor house plants or perennial fruits on my balcony!
Do you have any updated pictures? I'd love to see how they're doing now! Thank you for introducing me to LECA.
No major updates yet. The bulbs have all continued growing, and they look a bit like grass. But no flowers yet, probably next year.
Here's how it looks like now (ignore the citrus tree sapling):
I will take a few more pictures and post them here soon :)